ABSTRACT
The story of Albina and the legend of Brutus occupy important places in British historiography as founding myths in the middle Ages. In the twelfth century, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae illustrated how Brutus and his Trojan compatriots founded Britain when they landed on the island of Albion and eliminated the giants. Hence, in the legend of Albina, Albion is presented as a wild island, where the women live as barbarians. When Albina and her sisters come to the island, the text says that they aryued in an yle þat was all wyldernes. The stories of Albina and Brutus show more ambivalence if we read them from an ecocritical perspective, especially on the part of how the heroine/hero interact with nature. Their journey on the sea means suffering for them: they have to endure starvation and a strong storm. Their voyage is aimless and helpless. They are dominated by natural forces such as wind and the ocean currents.
